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Building Review

535 Sheppard Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M3H

A 12-storey, 83-unit private rental building built in 1965.

Living score
47/100
Built
1965
Units
83
Storeys
12
City inspection
80/100
Property manager
Realstar

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City building permits

1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Alterations 1
  • Jul 2004

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection

    Steel enclosure for underground parking ramp entrance.

    Permit 04 153727 BLD

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

47/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit35

    26.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sheppard-Yonge (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.9 km.

  • Parks & trees100

    86.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 123 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling55

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.8 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby1

    0 public or Catholic schools within 1 km, plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities18

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety80

    1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Lansing-Westgate

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.

Air

Traffic pollutionLow

Highway 401, 1.7 km away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

None reported

Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.

Supervised consumption services

Nearest site
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 10.7 km
Sites within 1 km
0

Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.

Zoning

Residential Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (f30.0; a1375; d1.5) (x185)
Height limit
Set by the zone

Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.

Nearby change

Open planning applications within 300 m
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 500 Sheppard Ave W · 110 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-08-01

    Zoning By-law Amendment proposes the development of a 35-storey residential building providing residential. The building will provide a total of 331 residential units, being a mix of 1-bedroom, 1-bedroom+de, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units.

    City record

Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.

From CMHC and the City of Toronto

Rent

Average rents nearby

Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsLansing-WestgateNorth York (N.Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,471$1,491
1 bed$1,862$1,771$1,761
2 beds$2,057$2,039$2,045
3+ beds$2,030$2,324$2,294
All units$1,977$1,989$1,917

Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Rent reductions after property-tax cuts

When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.

2014
0.52% lower rent · tenants notified
2017
0.66% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.55% lower rent · tenants notified

Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.

Building facts

From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

80 / 100City inspection score, August 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
12
Units
83
Built
1965
Elevators
2
Managed by
Realstar
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 8A-9:30P
Pets
Allowed - 25 pounds or less
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Both
Amenities
Outdoor pool
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
6

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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